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Gallery of heroes Timeline of the 1940s Historians on a decade of heroes. Odds and Ends |
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Hero of the day 
TAKING OFFICE DURING THE WORST TIME OF THE DEPRESSION, Franklin D. Roosevelt brought hope to Americans when >>more |
1940
The Nazis invade Europe...FDR calls the U.S. the "Arsenal of Democracy"...
1941
America First says stay out of war...Japanese planes bomb Pearl Habor...
1942
Japanese-Americans interned...The Battle of Midway...
1943
Japanese withdraw from Solomons...Eisenhower in North Africa...
1944
MacArthur in the Pacific islands...Allies land at Normandy...
1945
Dresden, Hiroshima destroyed...Holocaust revealed...Germany and Japan surrender...
1946
Labor unrest in America...the "Iron Curtain" falls across Europe...
1947
The Marshall Plan...Communists in Hollywood?...
1948
The Berlin Airlift...Alger Hiss on trial for espionage...
1949
NATO forms to defend West...Truman to the nation: remain calm.